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Mexico does not have welfare - nor social security or other such benefits which provide a crutch to many in this country. Medical care is socialized and appears to be of great assistance.
We do not pose as having any form of measured knowledge of the problem and our views are more of impression through a
strong and sympathic interest.
There has been a heavy movement from farm to the metropolitan areas, which has created an added source of destitution, coupled
with a steady flow to the border cities.
Historically the U.S. western states has looked to Mexico for a supply of cheap labor - particularly in agriculture. In the war years our country would have been hard pressed to meet a severe labor shortage without a huge influx of Mexicans, many of whom remained. While today there is a good demand for both
skilled and unskilled labor in Mexico, higher wages and living standards in this country are a strong attraction and our border has become an artery of those believing that the American way will provide a happier life. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case as most imigrants move from one unsatifactory situation to another.often worse.
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The Mexican economy, we believe, gains from this migration through a tempering of the unskilled labor mass and the substantial flow of dollars homeward to the families. In any case,the